Formation and Transformation of Funds of Knowledge Among U.S.‐Mexican Households
- 1 December 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anthropology & Education Quarterly
- Vol. 23 (4) , 313-335
- https://doi.org/10.1525/aeq.1992.23.4.05x1582v
Abstract
Public schools have relied on a deficiency model to structure instruction for minority children that underestimates the funds of knowledge that U.S.‐Mexican households contain. We argue that these funds are not only a key to understanding the cultural systems in which U.S.‐Mexican children emerge, but are also important and useful assets in the classroom.Keywords
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